Folding brush.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

A. 0. CRAVEN.

FOLDING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1904.

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"Xi-C atto'nnw No. 783,179. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

A. O. CRAVEN FOLDING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1904- 2 SHEETS-BHEBT 2.

Z] noentoi l/minnow a u e n Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

AUSTIN O. CRAVEN, OF J ONESTOWN, MISSISSIPPI.

FOLDING BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION f rming part of Letters Patent No. 783,179, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed May 24,1904. Serial No. 209,484.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUSTIN O. CRAVEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at J onestown, in the county of Coahoma and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful'Improvements in Folding Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding brushes; and the object is to provide new and improved means for rocking the brush-heads so that the bristles or tufts may be turned erect and by the reverse movement of the same means he returned to folded condition.

In my Letters Patent No. 675,266, dated May 28, 1901, for improvements in folding brushes the means for folding and erecting the brush tufts comprise stationary strips formed with slot-bearings, a longitudinallyslidable plate disposed on the bottom of the receptacle and formed with vertical side flanges provided with bearing-apertures and having a vertical stud at one end which engages in an inclined slot in a transversely-movable plate, whereby the longitudinally-movable plate may be moved lengthwise, and a plurality of brush-heads having upper and lower bearing-lugs disposed in the said slot-bearings and bearing-apertures, respectively, whereby when the slidable plate is moved the brushheads are turned on their pivotal supports or bearings. In the present improvement the brush-heads are identical in construction with those shown and described in'm y cited Letters Patent; but the construction of the slidable plate is changed, and for the stationary slotted strips a frame is substituted. The slidable plate is also dispensed with and slides of particular construction substituted, and instead of the transversely-movable plate I provide a lever to actuate the slides, which lever constitutes one member of a latch or catch to hold the cover or lid to the brush-receptacle. The differences indicated embody the constituents. of my improvements; and therefore the invention consists in the novel construction of parts and their assemblage or aggroupment in operative combination, as will be hereinafter fully specified and the asserted novelty particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the improvements in the accompanying drawings, to be taken as a part of this specification.

Reference being had to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective-view of the box, shown as having the cover arranged in position and indicating the catches for holding the cover to the receptacle. A mirror is also shown mounted on the cover. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the brushes in turned-down position or folded in the receptacle. Fig. 3 is a detail plan View of the receptacle, the brushes being removed to show the slides or limbs which rock the brushes and showing the lever which operates the slides. Fig. 4 is a side view of the brush, showing the bristles extended, the side of the receptacle and the slotted frame being broken away to show the arrangement of the brush-heads. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the frame provided with slot-bearings for the lower lugs of the brush-heads. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the improved slide-pieces for operating the brush-heads. Fig. 7 is a detail longitudinal vertical section taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3, showing the arrangement of the lever for actuating the slides. Fig. 8 is an end View in elevation of the device closed, indicating the utensil-channels and the latch or catch for holding the cover to the box. Fig. 9 is a detail plan view of one member of the lever for actuating the slides provided with a horizontally-disposed finger-piece and latch. Fig. 10 is a detail plan view of the latch-piece, which is secured to the inner face of the cover and provided in this instance with a finger-piece and latch horizontally disposed to engage with the finger-- piece and latch shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a detail plan view of the latch members shown in Figs. 9 and 10 as they appear when they are in engagement.

In the drawings like parts appearing in different illustrations are designated by similar reference notations, and reference being had to the drawings, 1 designates a box or receptacle wherein the brush is located This re ceptacle is preferably made oblong with rounded corners and is of such size and capacity as will readily accommodate the brush.

The receptacle is provided with a vertical I00 flange 1 of such height as may be required and extending entirely about the bottom or base. In the flange 1, at one end thereof. is made a horizontal slot 15, through which the arm or lever which actuates the slides projects. To the receptacle is fitted a cover 19, and in the cover are provided such implement receptacles or channels as may be desired to receive and hold such implements as tweezers, combs, and nail-files, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 8 of the drawings, and on the cover is positioned a mirror 2. On the bottom of the receptacle is placed a slidable frame comprising two side plates 7 8, constituting limbs having straight outer edges and tapering inner edges, with the free ends shaped to set in the rounded corners of the receptacles, substantially as shown in Figs. 3 and 6 of the drawings. The plates 7 and 8 have vertical flanges 6, provided with bearing-apertures 5, in which one set of the bearing-lugs of the brush-heads is journaled. The heads or outer ends of these slidable plates are united by a cross-plate 9, the plate 7 being rigidly secured thereto by any proper means and the plate 8 being.

pivotally secured to the cross-plate by a pivotpin or rivet .9, whereby it may be swung outwardly for convenience when placing the brush-heads in their bearings. The slidable frame thus made up is shorter than the floor or bottom of the receptacle, so as to have the required longitudinal movements to turn the brushes on their bearings. The head portion of the slide member 7 is extended laterally inward, as shown, and has a circular seat 18 made therein, wherein is positioned the circular base 12 of the actuating-lever 1 1, formed with a circular hole having a beveled edge and wherein is disposed and. secured a disk 13, having a coincident beveled edge to fit in the hole of the circular base of the actuating-lever and is held in place by screws or rivets projected through the disk and the bottom of the receptacle. It will now be perceived that the base-ring of the actuatinglever is held against vertical displacement by the disk, but is free to be turned about the disk, as indicated. In the ring 12 is positioned a vertical stud 11, which engages in a longitudinal slot 10, made in the cross-plate 9 of the slidable frame. The arm of the lever 14 extends through the slot 15 in the end of the receptacle and is formed at one end with a finger-piece 16, which also constitutes a latch or catch member, provided with a recess 17 in which the nose or catch of the other catch member engages. To the under face of the cover is secured the other latch member, consisting of a plate 16, having an extension terminating in a downwardly-extending fingerpiece 20, as seen in Fig. 8 of the drawings, formed with a catch 21, which when the cover is on the receptacle engages in the recess 17 in the finger-piece 16 of the actuating-lever,

and thus the cover is held in position on the receptacle and the lever secured against accidental displacement. In Figs. 9, 10, and 11 the finger-pieces also serving as latches are extended in horizontal direction, as at 24 25, and consist of cylindrical shells split lengthwise, with one edge extending beyond the other, so as to spring into locking engagement when the parts are brought together, as seen at 27 in Fig. 11.

On the flanges 6 of the slides and rigidly secured to the inner face of the receptacle, so as to allow the slides to be moved without interference, is a frame 2, consisting of a single piece of suitable metal shaped to fit within the receptacle, with its upper edge extending above the edge of the receptacle to lit within the cover, as is usual. frame are provided with upwardly-directed slot-bearings 3. in which the upper bearinglugs of the brush-heads 4 are disposed. The brush-heads are identical in construction with those shown and described in beforementioned Letters Patent and consist of a metal plate formed with upper and lower apertured flanges to take in the brush-tufts 4, and at the ends the plates are provided with upper and lower bearing-lugs, which are disposed in the bearings in the flanges of the slides and those in the side bars of the frame 2, respec tively. In the cross-piece 22 of the frame 2 are formed outwardly-turned tongues 23,

which bear against the inner face of the flange of the cover and holdit on the receptacle at that end.

The operation of the device may be stated as follows: When it is desired to utilize the brush, the cover is removed by springing the catches apart and then lifting it from the receptacle. Then the lever is thrown in the proper direction, which pulls the slides longitudinally, thereby rocking the brush-headsand erecting the bristles or tufts, and the brush is ready for use. A return movement rocks the brush-heads to fold the tufts, and then the cover may be arranged in position and the catches snapped into locking condition.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed as new is 1. A folding brush, a receptacle having rockable bristle-holding heads therein, a slide adapted to transmit motion to said heads provided with a slot, a disk secured within the receptacle, a ring revolubly mounted thereon, a lever extending therefrom, and a lug upon the lever engaging the slot in the slide, whereby when said lever is turned on its axis movement is imparted to the slide.

a 2. Afolding brush, comprisingareceptacle, a plurality of bristle-holding devices rockably mounted therein, a slide for operating said brush devices simultaneously, and a lever pivoted within and extending from the receptacle and adapted to operate the slide, a cover,

a knob thereon formed with a catch to engage a recess in the lever whereby the cover may be secured upon the receptacle.

3. Afolding brush, comprisinga receptacle, rockable bristle-holding devices therein, a slide for operating the devices in unison, a lever pivoted within and extending from the receptacle and adapted to operate theslide, and a grooved knob upon said lever, outwardly directed tongues at the opposite end of the receptacle, a cover adapted to engage said tongues at one end, and a catch at the other end of the cover to engage the catch of the lever.

4:. A folding brush, comprisinga receptacle, rockable brush-heads within the receptacle, brush-tufts in the heads, a slidable frame positioned within the receptacle under the brushheads and connected thereto, and a lever projecting outside of the receptacle to actuate the sliding frame.

5. A folding brush comprising a receptacle, rockable brush-heads Within the receptacle, brush-tufts in the-heads, a slidable frame positioned within the receptacle under the brushheads and having pivotal connection thereto, a laterally-swinging lever connected to the sliding frame and extending outside of the receptacle, and a lug on the lever to engage the frame and rock the brush-heads.

6. Afolding brush comprisinga receptacle, a slidable frame in the receptacle formed with vertical side flanges provided with bearingapertures, a cross-plate secured to the members of the slidable frame and provided with a longitudinal slot, a frame positioned in the receptacle above the flanges of the slidable frame, the side bars of which are provided with bearings, brush-heads having bearinglugs to engage in the said bearings respectively, a lever pivotally connected to the slidable frame within the receptacle and extending outside thereof and provided with a lug to slidably engage in the slot of the cross-plate of the slidahle frame.

7. In a folding brush, the combination with a receptacle, and folding brushes rockably journaled therein, of a slidable frame connected to the folding brushes, and a laterallyswinging lever pivotally connected to the slidable frame.

8. In a folding-brush, the combination with a receptacle and folding brushes rockably journaled therein, of a slidable frame con- 7 nected to the folding brushes, a laterallyswinging lever pivotally connected to the slidable frame, and provided with a catch on its free end, a cover fitted to the receptacle, a catch on the cover to engage the catch on the lever to lock the cover and the receptacle together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN O. CRAVEN. Witnesses:

GEORGE S. LINCOLN, GILMAN E. Jorr. 

